Help young kids learn how to set goals, overcome challenges, and feel good about their efforts.Celebrate mistakes and setbacks! In Yay! You Failed!, young readers learn how to set goals, overcome challenges, build resilience, and believe in themselves.Simple “you-can-do-it” strategies in this book can help kids learn: ·why practice makes progress, not perfect ·ways to keep going when the going gets tough ·how to set and achieve goals ·tips for looking on the bright side and staying positiv...

A class project leads Frankie to learn where her food comes from and go up against the Food Phantom. When Frankie and her classmates are asked where their food comes from, it sparks curiosity about her town’s food system.“Walking home, I tell Grandpa about my project. ‘We live in a place where you can buy a burger for one dollar, or pay two dollars for one banana. That doesn’t add up!’”Frankie begins to unravel the mystery of how he’s affecting her community and how she and her classmates ...

When the Snack Food Genie appears, Jesse begins to recognize how food fuels his body. The Snack Food Genie tempts Jesse with all that is yummy and oh so craveable, but Jesse begins to make connections between the food the Genie wants him to eat and how that food often makes him feel. As the Genie shows up everywhere and to everyone, Jesse decides to fight back. The author combines years of experience fighting hunger as a food bank CEO with an MFA in writing for young children to craft a st...

Jamie teaches respectful use of personal pronouns in this lighthearted, multigenerational story.Jamie is excited to spend the day walking around the neighborhood with great-grandma Bubbie. They meet so many friends and neighbors throughout the dayalong the way . . . but Jamie has to correct Bubbie when she incorrectly assumes Ms. Wallace is a he and their server is a she. “You can’t always know if someone goes by he or she or something else. Sometimes a person will tell you. If they don’t,...

When the Snack Food Genie appears, Jesse begins to recognize how food fuels his body.The Snack Food Genie tempts Jesse with all that is yummy and oh so craveable, but Jesse begins to make connections between the food the Genie wants him to eat and how that food often makes him feel. As the Genie shows up everywhere and to everyone, Jesse decides to fight back.In Jesse and the Snack Food Genie / Jesse y el genio de los bocadillos, the author combine...

A class project leads Frankie to learn where her food comes from and go up against the Food Phantom.When Frankie and her classmates are asked where their food comes from, it sparks curiosity about her town's food system. "Walking home, I tell Grandpa about my project. ‘We live in a place where you can buy a burger for one dollar, or pay two dollars for one banana. That doesn't add up!'" Frankie begins to unravel the mystery of how he's affecting her community and h...

When the Snack Food Genie appears, Jesse begins to recognize how food fuels his body.The Snack Food Genie tempts Jesse with all that is yummy and oh so craveable, but Jesse begins to make connections between the food the Genie wants him to eat and how that food often makes him feel. As the Genie shows up everywhere and to everyone, Jesse decides to fight back.The author combines years of experience fighting hunger as a food bank CEO with an MFA in writing f...

"In this story illustrating the reality of childhood hunger and food insecurity, Lulu invites kids into her world to help them understand what it’s like to battle the Hunger Monster. Lulu and the Hunger Monster delivers the right message at the right time, helping readers recognize the problem of childhood hunger and moving them to find solutions.”— Jeff Bridges, actor and anti-hunger advocate When Lulu’s mother’s van breaks down, money for food becomes tight and the Hunger Monster comes i...

Award-winning Lulu and the Hunger Monster is also available as a bilingual book in Spanish and English.When Lulu's mother's van breaks down, money for food becomes tight and the Hunger Monster comes into their lives. Only visible to Lulu, Hunger Monster is a troublemaker who makes it hard for her to concentrate in school. How will Lulu help her mom and defeat the Monster when Lulu has promised never to speak the monster's ...

A class project leads Frankie to learn where her food comes from and go up against the Food Phantom.When Frankie and her classmates are asked where their food comes from, it sparks curiosity about her town's food system. "Walking home, I tell Grandpa about my project. ‘We live in a place where you can buy a burger for one dollar, or pay two dollars for one banana. That doesn't add up!'" Frankie begins to unravel the mystery of how he's affecting her community and h...

2026 SOVAS AWARD NOMINEE - BEST NARRATION (TEEN)FULL CAST AUDIOBOOK WITH MUSIC AND EFFECTS!THE STORYLondon in the year 1976, a place and a time desperate for change. Chris, a 17-year-old American Air Force brat is shoved into the alien world of a British private (public) school. A gifted classical cellist, Chris struggles to reconcile classical music’s focus on control and technique with the ‘can’t play’ rebellious energy that is the punk movement. Punk allows him t...

"In this story illustrating the reality of childhood hunger and food insecurity, Lulu invites kids into her world to help them understand what it's like to battle the Hunger Monster. Lulu and the Hunger Monster delivers the right message at the right time, helping readers recognize the problem of childhood hunger and moving them to find solutions."**—**Jeff Bridges, actor and anti-hunger advocateWhen Lulu's mother's van breaks down,...